Wcel_Team

What demos are bad for learning. Make students confused instead!

Whirlwind tour through Social Media in pictures. Killer quote is that in late 2010 & 2011, the world went mobile.

"This paper defines and examines three generations of distance education pedagogy. Unlike earlier classifications of distance education based on the technology used..."

This paper defines and examines three generations of distance education pedagogy. Unlike earlier classifications of distance education based on the technology used, this analysis focuses on the pedagogy that defines the learning experiences encapsulated in the learning design. The three generations of cognitive-behaviourist, social constructivist, and connectivist pedagogy are examined, using the familiar community of inquiry model (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000) with its focus on social, cognitive, and teaching presences. Although this typology of pedagogies could also be usefully applied to campus-based education, the need for and practice of openness and explicitness in distance education content and process makes the work especially relevant to distance education designers, teachers, and developers. The article concludes that high-quality distance education exploits all three generations as determined by the learning content, context, and learning expectations.

Every 60 seconds on the internet...

"Where governments dream up projects like the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL), the resistance seeks to grant kids a "Licence to Tinker" - to demystify the technology by providing tools and ideas that enable them to understand how modern networked devices work."

The Future of Education - evolution or revolution, and why both have big problems

Patching in VOIP to DS106radio and allowing multi-user mobile connection. Uses OSS Asterix

"...I wanted to find a straightforward means for users to access #ds106radio broadcasting... To accomplish this I adopted Asterisk - a robust open source PBX software platform."<--we could use this to run our own VotApedia installation too!

"Learn. Unlearn. Relearn. In addition to the content of our course-which ranged across cognitive psychology, neuroscience, management theory, literature and the arts, and the various fields that compose science-and-technology studies-'This Is Your Brain on the Internet' was intended to model a different way of knowing the world, one that encompasses new and different forms of collaboration and attention. More than anything, it courted failure. Unlearning."

"A new method of teaching is turning the traditional classroom on its head."

"We conclude therefore, that at present, there is no adequate evidence base to justify incorporating learning-styles assessments into general educational practice."

The latest from Wacom - sketch on any paper and capture.

Doug Belshaw on Openness in education and its fit with digital literacy. Watch slides at end if not seen before.

"Focusing on these essential elements of digital literacies and the principles we wish to instil in young people is, I believe, a better way to teach IT than a narrow focus on procedural software skills. For more on the essential elements of digital literacies, see this Slideshare presentation..."

Insightful post on the trends in the LMS market. It doesn't really address the potential for the demise of the LMS alongside the rise of the independent and open services that education is exploring, e.g. YouTube, WordPress, etc.

"After preparing their papers, students attached an interactive cover sheet on which they raised questions about the paper they had just completed, thereby identifying the specific areas for feedback."

Hey, I worked with Sue Bloxham at St Martins. She's a great teacher in academic development. I think the 2nd last comment is useful too. The first ones suggest this process will be too hard for students. But we want them to be critical thinkers and they need to make that analysis of their own work too so provide the teaching to support them.

"What are the predictors of adult students' success in online learning environments?"

Stop being distracted by the web - do something else!

Enter a number and I'll tell you everything you wanted to know about it but were afraid to ask. - Fun!

Tech crunch implodes - or not? What effect will AOL have? Does anybody care. Passion though from MG Siegler

Learning Technologies Unit - Institute of Education (Knowledgelab) Hybrid Learning Environment. Like the concept but needs fleshing out. Used Google Apps.